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Site Reliability Engineering Key Engineer with AWS
Posted 1 day ago by Next Ventures
Position OverviewWe are seeking a Senior Site Reliability / Release Engineer with strong experience in AWS, Java-based a...
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- Location St. Louis, United States
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AI Engineer - AWS - CoPilot - Public Sector - Outside IR35 - SC Cleared
Posted 1 day ago by Tecknuovo Ltd
AI Engineer - AWS - CoPilot - Public Sector - Outside IR35 - SC ClearedTecknuovo is a digital delivery partner with a De...
- Rate £650 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Not specified
- Location London
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Senior/Lead AWS Golden AMI Platform Engineer -- Remote /C2C/
Posted 1 day ago by Intellisoft Technologies
Hi,Position: Senior/Lead AWS Golden AMI Platform EngineerLocation: RemoteDuration: 12+ monthsWe do not need a true lead...
- Rate Not specified
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location United Kingdom
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Sign UpIntegration Architect - AWS, Financial Services, Transformation
Posted 1 day ago by Sanderson Recruitment Plc
DescriptionWe are looking for an highly experienced Integration Architect to support a high-profile, business-critical r...
- Rate £750 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Not specified
- Location City of London
Platform Engineer, AWS, Kubernetes
Posted 4 days ago by Sanderson Recruitment
Key ResponsibilitiesLead and mentor a team of Platform Engineers.Own platform operations, production readiness, DR testi...
- Rate £525 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Onsite
- Location London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford
Platform Engineer, AWS, Kubernetes
Posted 4 days ago by Sanderson Recruitment
Key ResponsibilitiesLead and mentor a team of Platform Engineers.Own platform operations, production readiness, DR testi...
- Rate £525 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Onsite
- Location London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford
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About Our Outside IR35 AWS Contract Roles
What does a aws contractor do?
Organisations bring in AWS contractors to design, build, migrate, and manage cloud infrastructure and services on the AWS platform. Contract engagements span a wide range of activities including cloud architecture design, infrastructure-as-code implementation, application migration from on-premise to AWS, cost optimisation, security hardening, and the ongoing management and automation of AWS environments. AWS contractors are in demand across virtually every sector, with financial services, retail, media, technology, and the public sector being particularly active users of AWS expertise on a contract basis.
AWS contractors are expected to have deep, practical knowledge of the core AWS service portfolio, including compute services such as EC2 and Lambda, storage including S3 and EBS, networking including VPC and Route 53, and managed database services. Infrastructure-as-code skills using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation are widely expected, as is experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes or AWS ECS and EKS. For security-focused roles, knowledge of AWS IAM, security groups, and compliance frameworks is essential. AWS certifications, particularly Solutions Architect Associate or Professional, are widely held in the contractor market and are frequently listed as requirements in job specifications. DevOps experience and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines are expected across most senior engagements.
What is the market like for aws contractors?
The AWS contract market is one of the largest and most consistently active segments of the UK technology contracting market. AWS remains the leading cloud platform by market share in the UK, and the volume of cloud migration, modernisation, and optimisation work continues to generate strong contractor demand. Cost optimisation and cloud governance work has become an increasingly important source of contract engagements as organisations that moved quickly to AWS seek to bring their cloud spending under control. Rates for experienced AWS contractors have been broadly stable, with specialisms in serverless architecture, Kubernetes, and cloud security commanding premiums above the market rate.
What does Outside IR35 mean?
IR35 is UK tax legislation that determines whether a contractor is genuinely self-employed or working in a manner that resembles employment. When a contract is classified as outside IR35, the engagement is treated as a business-to-business arrangement. The contractor operates through their own limited company, invoices for services, and manages their own tax affairs including corporation tax, self-assessment, and VAT where applicable.
Outside IR35 engagements are assessed against three key factors: the degree of control the client exercises over how the work is delivered, whether the contractor has a genuine right to provide a substitute, and whether there is a mutuality of obligation between the parties. Contracts that demonstrate contractor autonomy, project-based delivery, and the absence of ongoing employment obligations are more likely to sit outside IR35. Since April 2021, responsibility for making this determination sits with the end client for medium and large private sector organisations.
On QualityContracts.co.uk, approximately 28% of roles with a stated IR35 status are classified as outside IR35. The proportion varies by sector and role type, with some disciplines seeing a significantly higher or lower share of outside IR35 opportunities. Each listing on this page displays its IR35 status where provided by the hiring organisation.
What aws roles are usually Outside IR35?
AWS contracts have a notably high outside IR35 rate among those specifying IR35 treatment, with roughly two thirds sitting outside. Cloud migration projects, infrastructure builds, and architecture design engagements with defined scope are the primary drivers. Technology companies, digital agencies, and organisations moving workloads to AWS frequently engage contractors for specific phases of their cloud journey. Multi-service experience across compute, networking, data, and security within the AWS ecosystem is the baseline expectation.
How much do aws contractors usually earn when working Outside IR35?
Contract rates for aws roles typically range from £550 to £950 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Rates shown are for outside IR35 engagements and reflect the gross day rate paid to the contractor's limited company before any personal tax obligations.
How many Outside IR35 aws vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 400 aws contract roles across the site. Of the roles currently listed on our site, around one in four are Outside IR35. Data reviewed up to October 2026.